Blaze knocks out TV, Internet service

~~<p>It's not unusual for the Hono&shy;lulu Fire Department to respond to fires at homeless encampments, HFD officials say. But Tuesday's early morning blaze under a freeway viaduct near Hono&shy;lulu Airport marked the first time such a fire damaged telecomunications cables, cutting off telephone, Internet or cable TV service to about 25,000 homes and businesses.</p><p>The fiber-optic cables owned by Hawaiian Telcom and Oceanic Time Warner were charred by flames and intense heat from the fire that started at 1 a.m. and took 90 minutes to extinguish, said Capt. Terry Seelig, HFD spokes&shy;man.</p>~~

It's not unusual for the Hono­lulu Fire Department to respond to fires at homeless encampments, HFD officials say. But Tuesday's early morning blaze under a freeway viaduct near Hono­lulu Airport marked the first time such a fire damaged telecomunications cables, cutting off telephone, Internet or cable TV service to about 25,000 homes and businesses.

The fiber-optic cables owned by Hawaiian Telcom and Oceanic Time Warner were charred by flames and intense heat from the fire that started at 1 a.m. and took 90 minutes to extinguish, said Capt. Terry Seelig, HFD spokes­man. Login for more...